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. 2017 Jul 10;12(7):e0180837. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180837

Table 5. Associations between real election outcomes and face-based inferences of corruption.

Average Agreement Cross-country Comparison
U.S. Electiona Korean Electionb U.S—Koreanc
All participants (N = 80) 49.18% 52.21% -3.03%
SD 9.47% 8.43% t (79) = -2.07
95% CI [47.42%, Inf) [50.64%, Inf) [-5.94%, -0.11%]
Caucasian participants (N = 40) 47.50% 52.46% -4.96%
SD 10.28% 8.72% t (39) = -2.29
95% CI [44.76%, Inf) [50.14%, Inf) [-9.33%, -0.59%]
Korean participants (N = 40) 50.86% 51.95% -1.09%
SD 8.38% 8.24% t (39) = -0.56
95% CI [48.62%, Inf) [49.76%, Inf) [-5.05%, 2.86%]

aAverage agreement between U.S. election outcomes and face-based inferences of corruption, and its one-sided t-test against chance level 50%.

bAverage agreement between Korean election outcomes and face-based inferences of corruption, and its one-sided t-test against chance level 50%.

cTwo-sided t-tests on the average agreement across U.S. and Korean elections.